How Energy Choices Influence the Human Future - Green Energy Choices: The Benefits, Risks and Trade-offs of Low-Carbon Technologies for Electricity production - Infographic

This infographic compares electricity generation technologies and highlights the environmental benefits, and trade-offs of each technology. The graphic presents an overview over the life cycle impacts and material requirements per unit of electricity produced by different technology groups compared to the global electricity generation mix in the year 2010. Indicators for materials are shown for reference; the environmental impacts associated with material production are already included in the results for the other indicators.